2021 Spring Bear Thread

[Sask hunter]

Never seen anything like this before. Bear just decided to destroy this log next to my bait for no apparent reason

 

[ashersdad]

Congrats to you and your son! Searching for a potentially wounded bear in thick cover at dusk has got to be just a bit unnerving!

Thanks! Even though I was pretty confident of the shot, when I had to get on hands and knees in one spot, there was some pretty serious pucker factor going on...

 

[MinnesotaHunter]

Anyone else getting out and seeing anything? less than three weeks before we point the truck west...

 

[520 Road Sow]

They're out for sure and this week they're really gonna be coming out. Some higher stuff my be later. I'm gonna take my bow for a walk hopefully.

 

[520 Road Sow]

Never seen anything like this before. Bear just decided to destroy this log next to my bait for no apparent reason
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He either must like what your feeding him or your not giving him enough. Better see if you can give him some better customer service next time. Like a 180 grain medicine dosage.

That's wild.

 

[Sask hunter]

He either must like what your feeding him or your not giving him enough. Better see if you can give him some better customer service next time. Like a 180 grain medicine dosage.

That's wild.

I’m more of a 225 fan out of my 338. Looks like the wind is right to go sit there tomorrow

 

[Misguided]

I’m more of a 225 fan out of my 338. Looks like the wind is right to go sit there tomorrow

Let us know how it goes! Good luck

 

[skull]

Anyone else getting out and seeing anything? less than three weeks before we point the truck west...

Season open Saturday here in Ontario I’m ready

 

[Twolftg]

Anyone else getting out and seeing anything? less than three weeks before we point the truck west...

Little over 3 weeks for me. Maybe I will pass you on 94 when your headed home.

 

[skull]

Went out Saturday set 2 baits out didn’t take long
This would be good for my son to start the season with a bang

 

[SaskHunter]

You guys with all your bear pics are giving #BearEnvy

My bait's been up for over a week in my best spot and not a single bear yet, I know they will come but I have the attention span of a 6yo and need some bruins to hit that bait before I go insane!!!

 

[Muleyhunter78]

This weekend is my annual time to get after it in my neck of the woods. Hoping for the traditional 30-40 bear sightings in a day and hopefully put one or two on the ground! Heres a pic of a smoker of a spring bear i would have loved to say hello to but he just would not go to some public land and have a meeting!

 

[Deleted member 16014]

@theat abides.

 

[Sask hunter]

Should have tagged a bear tonight. He was circling the bait and as I went to shoot my elbow slipped off the corner of the stand and I shot in front of him. I’m sick with myslef right now. Night I want to forget ever happened.was the big black I shared pictures of earlier in the thread.

 

[SaskHunter]

FIRST HITS!!!

First visitor was a pretty decent sized bear too!




Second bruin!

 

[Sask hunter]

FIRST HITS!!!

First visitor was a pretty decent sized bear too!
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Second bruin!

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Flood gates will open now

 

[MinnesotaHunter]

Little over 3 weeks for me. Maybe I will pass you on 94 when your headed home.

Good luck! Hopefully we will with a couple of hides and full coolers in the back end...

 

[YoungGun]

For those in Bozangelas, There's a good bruin posted up on a carcass off of the trail system by Pete's... He knows he's safe in town I guess. But if someone could make him go away, my coworkers and I would appreciate not getting all the calls about him.

 

[easternmt]

A friend of mine came to visit today and wanted to see some bears, so I took him up to where I had seen the grizzlies yesterday. Sure enough the sow and cubs were in exactly the same spot and the big black bear was only a couple hundred yards away from where he had been the evening before. After we got tired of watching them, we decided to posthole up the drainage a couple miles to look at some different country. There was a lot more snow up there, but there were still bears in the area. Had this decent bear feeding at a bit over 300 yards for an hour. He is missing most of the fur off his ass end. We got some good looks at it through the spotting scope and it didn't really look like an injury. I am guessing mites in the den? If anyone has any other ideas I'd be curious to hear what you think would have caused this.

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this bear looks like the one off of the Great Outdoors after it got peppered with a shotgun!

 

[SaskHunter]

this bear looks like the one off of the Great Outdoors after it got peppered with a shotgun!

Bears get bed hair too I guess!